The Savvy Senior: The Ultimate Guide to Health, Family, and Finances for Senior Citizens

By Jim Miller and Jim Miller

Book Overview

"The Savvy Senior" is a nationally syndicated newspaper column that serves the growing needs of the senior population and the families who support them by providing useful information and valuable resources. While many of the questions focus on Medicare and Social Security, they also cover a wide range of topics, including hearing aids, telemarketing fraud, volunteerism, reverse mortgages, travel, education, wills, nutrition, and even employment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401307493
• ISBN13: 9781401307493
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 17 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 12 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

This is a cool book but get another one too!

Read "The Retirement Nightmare" by Dr. Diane Armstrong. Get the real truth about the fraud and abuse of the elderly and not so elderly. To avoid a guardianship in the State of Florida, and other states, should be of paramount importance. Reports of guardians stealing from their wards' bank accounts and other wise abusing guardianship powers are surfacing with disturbing regularity. 'This problem is going to get bigger and bigger,' says E. Bentley Lipscomb, AARP's Florida state director and a former state secretary of elder affairs. - GUARDIANS DRAWING INCREASED SCRUTINY, AARP Bulletin.

Over 40? Read this book!

Ever wonder how to do something that has to do with growing older? This book tells all. It has everything that you need to know when you reach the age of 40! By the time you need it, you will know how to find it and where to go for it. Do not leave this book out of your library. I am way over 40 and this is my new bible for growing older!

Seniors don't know how many free services they are missing.

After watching the savvy senior expert Jim Miller on the Today Show, I went to a bookstore to look over his book. On TV, it sounded too good to be true, but after reading some of the book I liked it so well I bought a copy for me and another one for a friend. The book covers the typical topics like social security, medicare and other health related subjects, but it does it in an informative manner that keeps your attention. What I liked were the many other subjects discussed like grandparenting, gadgets for seniors to make life easier, financial tips,taxes,genealogy and computers for seniors. Jim writes in such an easy to read style and I love the humor and helpful websites and organizations to contact. I especially liked the "Savvy Notes" that highlight and summarize the main points.The granddaddy of all is how to find through a central website, where to find out all the benefits available to seniors and how to apply. It's like beingspoonfed the information insead of having to go on a scavenger hunt for it. I loved the book and it lived up to everything the Today Show said and more. I'd give it 10 STARS if I could.

Exceptional resource for families and seniors

If you have aging friends or relatives, buy this book! If you are a senior citizen, buy this book! Jim Miller has compiled an excellent resource guide that is easy to read and contains countless resources for people to get help with everything from Social Security to home modification to how to choose the best assisted living center. It is never too early to learn about what it is to get older in America. We're all gonna be there, one way or another. Worth every penny.

This Book Puts It All Together - Outstanding and Thank You

Amazing and incredible!!! The Savvy Senior book is not only easy to read, but also packs a wealth of extremely useful and valuable information on a wide variety of subjects in a simple and understandable manner. There are websites and phone numbers to get help for your own personal situation. I like the sense of humor that makes the book fun to read and keeps boring and dull subjects interesting. This book is a MUST for all senior citizens and their caregivers.